Example of DEBVisDic API usage in PHP.

Requirements: ​php-curl and ​php-json

<?
$server = 'https://deb.fi.muni.cz:9001/';
$user = 'test';
$password = 'test';

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $user . ":" . $password);

#initialize, what dictionaries I have access to?
$url = $server.'doc?action=connect';
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
$result = curl_exec($curl);

$dicts = json_decode($result, true);
foreach($dicts['dicts'] as $dict_code => $dict_info) {
        #dictionary code + dictionary url
        $dict_url = $dict_info['code'];
        echo $dict_code.':'.$dict_url."\n";

        #let's search for dogs
        $url = $server.$dict_url.'?action=queryList&word=dog';
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        $result = curl_exec($curl);
        $result_hash = json_decode($result, true);

        #and let's get XML for first three
        for($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
                $id = $result_hash[$i]['value'];
                echo 'Getting XML for '.$result_hash[$i]['label']." with ID=$id\n";
                $url = $server.$dict_url.'?action=runQuery&query='.$id.'&outtype=plain';
                curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
                $result = curl_exec($curl);
                $xml = json_decode($result);
                echo $xml."\n";
        }
}
?>

Output:

wneng1:wnen
Getting XML for [n] African hunting dog:1, hyena dog:1, Cape hunting dog:1, Lycaon pictus:1 with ID=ENG20-02032938-n
  <SYNSET>
    <ID>ENG20-02032938-n</ID>
    <POS>n</POS>
    <SYNONYM>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>African hunting dog</LITERAL>
      <WORD>African</WORD>
      <WORD>hunting</WORD>
      <WORD>dog</WORD>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>hyena dog</LITERAL>
      <WORD>hyena</WORD>
      <WORD>dog</WORD>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>Cape hunting dog</LITERAL>
      <WORD>Cape</WORD>
      <WORD>hunting</WORD>
      <WORD>dog</WORD>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>Lycaon pictus</LITERAL>
      <WORD>Lycaon</WORD>
      <WORD>pictus</WORD>
    </SYNONYM>
    <ILR type='hypernym' link='ENG20-02031535-n'>wild dog:1</ILR>
    <DEF>a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area</DEF>
    <DOMAIN>zoology</DOMAIN>
    <SUMO type='+'>Canine</SUMO>
  </SYNSET>
Getting XML for [n] American dog violet:1, Viola conspersa:1 with ID=ENG20-11640058-n
  <SYNSET>
    <ID>ENG20-11640058-n</ID>
    <POS>n</POS>
    <SYNONYM>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>American dog violet</LITERAL>
      <WORD>American</WORD>
      <WORD>dog</WORD>
      <WORD>violet</WORD>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>Viola conspersa</LITERAL>
      <WORD>Viola</WORD>
      <WORD>conspersa</WORD>
    </SYNONYM>
    <ILR type='hypernym' link='ENG20-11639608-n'>violet:1</ILR>
    <DEF>violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers</DEF>
    <DOMAIN>botany</DOMAIN>
    <SUMO type='+'>FloweringPlant</SUMO>
  </SYNSET>
Getting XML for [n] Bernese mountain dog:1 with ID=ENG20-02024368-n
  <SYNSET>
    <ID>ENG20-02024368-n</ID>
    <POS>n</POS>
    <SYNONYM>
      <LITERAL sense='1'>Bernese mountain dog</LITERAL>
      <WORD>Bernese</WORD>
      <WORD>mountain</WORD>
      <WORD>dog</WORD>
    </SYNONYM>
    <ILR type='hypernym' link='ENG20-02020367-n'>working dog:1</ILR>
    <DEF>large powerful long-haired black-coated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking; formerly used for draft</DEF>
    <DOMAIN>zoology</DOMAIN>
    <SUMO type='+'>Canine</SUMO>
  </SYNSET>